• U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 1 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 3 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward for Saddam Hussein and his Sons Matchbook, c. 2003 (English), view 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward for Saddam Hussein and his Sons Matchbook, c. 2003 (Arabic), view 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 6 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 7 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbook, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri and al-Adel, c. 2001–2005, view 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbook, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri and al-Adel, c. 2001–2005, view 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbook, bin Laden and al-Zawahiri and al-Adel, c. 2001–2005, view 2 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 11 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 12 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 13 — KHAJISTAN™
  • U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11 — match 14 — KHAJISTAN™

    U.S. State Department Reward Matchbooks, c. 1995-2005 - Set of 11

    Title: U.S. Counter-Terrorism Rewards / Rewards for Justice Matchbooks
    Agencies: U.S. Department of State; Bureau of Diplomatic Security; Diplomatic Security Service; Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program; Rewards for Justice; Federal Bureau of Investigation (contact partner on early HEROES pieces)
    Date range: c. 1995–2005
    Object type: Matchbooks / matchbook covers
    Count: 11 matchbooks, 22 printed faces
    Languages visible in this set: English, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, French, German
    Subjects: Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, Qusay Hussein, Usama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Saif al-Adel, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, unidentified suspect
    Program function: reward publicity, tip solicitation, and counterterror outreach through portable everyday objects

     

    1. Rewards for Saddam Hussein and his Sons
    Language: Arabic
    Front subject: Saddam Hussein
    Back subject: Uday Hussein / Qusay Hussein reward-paid notice
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: 2003

    2. Rewards for Saddam Hussein and his Sons
    Language: English
    Front subject: Saddam Hussein
    Back subject: Uday Hussein / Qusay Hussein, “$30 Million Reward Paid”
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: 2003

    3. Usama bin Laden / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Language: Dari
    Front subject: Usama bin Laden
    Back subject: Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: 2005

    4. Usama bin Laden / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Language: Pashto
    Front subject: Usama bin Laden
    Back subject: Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: 2005

    5. Usama bin Laden / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Language: English
    Front subject: Usama bin Laden
    Back subject: Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: c. 2001–2005

    6. Usama bin Laden / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Language: Arabic
    Front subject: Usama bin Laden
    Back subject: Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: c. 2001–2005

    7. Usama bin Laden / Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Language: Urdu
    Front subject: Usama bin Laden
    Back subject: Ayman al-Zawahiri / Saif al-Adel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Rewards for Justice
    Date range: c. 2001–2005

    8. World Trade Center Bombing (New York City | February 26, 1993)
    Language: English
    Front subject: Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
    Back subject: Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program / HEROES contact panel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program
    Date range: c. 1994–1995

    9. Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program
    Language: Arabic
    Front subject: unidentified suspect / generic anti-terror reward appeal
    Back subject: Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program / HEROES contact panel
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program; FBI contact reference on reverse
    Date range: c. 1994–1998

    10. Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing (Lockerbie, Scotland | December 21, 1988)
    Language: French
    Front subject: Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi
    Back subject: Lockerbie explanatory text
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program / Rewards for Justice
    Date range: c. 1995

    11. Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing (Lockerbie, Scotland | December 21, 1988)
    Language: German
    Front subject: Lamen Khalifa Fhimah
    Back subject: Lockerbie explanatory text
    Agency: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program / Rewards for Justice
    Date range: c. 1995

     

    This set of 11 U.S. State Department reward matchbooks was issued between the mid-1990s and early 2000s through the Counter-Terrorism Rewards Program and Rewards for Justice, administered by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. These are not standard military leaflets, but portable counterterror outreach objects designed to circulate through everyday use.

    The group includes campaigns tied to Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay Hussein, Usama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Saif al-Adel, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, alongside generic reward and contact pieces. Printed across English, Arabic, Urdu, Dari, Pashto, French, and German, the matchbooks frame information as a paid exchange and extend U.S. reward messaging into a handheld, repeat-use format.

    One matchbook records the confirmed $30 million reward paid after information led to the location of Uday and Qusay Hussein in 2003, turning the reward program itself into a form of proof-of-payment publicity.

    Exhibited in Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.) at Pioneer Works, New York (May 08 - Aug 09, 2026).

     

    Availability: One set available. 

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